Why One Liberty Properties Is A Company You Should Know About

Search “January Effect” and you will likely find a number of varying investing opinions, strategies, and explanations of what it means for the stock market. In my case, it has always meant crafting a year-end strategy to try to profit from the tendency of certain downtrodden stocks to “bounce” in the New Year after investors sold them off to harvest tax-losses as the previous year came to a close.

BySabina Bhatia: Coach (COH) stock opened at $57.73 today versus its 52-week range of $48.24-$79.70. The stock trades with a P/E multiple of 15 times, and a forward multiple of 13 times. The P/E multiple is close to its historical trough levels since 2003, and below the historical average of 19 times.

By Philippe Proudhon: Combing through REITWatch 08-2012, my eye was caught by Government Properties Income Trust (GOV), a fairly recent property REIT with seemingly interesting financials, as shown in the table below: (click to enlarge)

By Dane Bowler:While Medical Properties Trust (MPW) was founded in 2003, it has the youthfulness of a brand new company. Management intelligently halted growth in the shaky environment of 2008-2009, so it has just recently hit its growth spurt. To grasp the velocity of expansion we can simply compare the $850mm in acquisitions since the start of 2011 to a market capitalization of only $1.36B.

By Dane Bowler: Sector overview

By greg group: While the S&P 500 is up 7% year to date, there are several Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) that have performed better than the index. REITs have been popular the past year, as more investors have bought shares for the income they provide. Although many retail landlords continue to struggle with vacant space, the leading publicly traded retail REITS are well positioned to benefit from improving underlying operating trends. Nevertheless, challenges remain within the industry.

By Epsilon: Continued from 35 Top Yielding Real Estate Investment Trusts, Part 5: Industrial REITs Below is a list of the five top yielding Office REITs, sorted by dividend yield: